Good recipes involving garlic?

Question

I have a few cloves of garlic hanging around my kitchen and I'd like to make something with them. Any ideas (something besides garlic bread...)?

Answer 1

garlic bites are a simple variation on the traditional cheese straws. If you can make pastry then these are very easy.
Garlic bites can be served either as a pre-dinner appetiser or as a party snack.

This recipe makes about 64 garlic bites. That sounds a lot but they disappear quicker than a vampire on midsummer's day!



See note on ingredients
4oz (120gm) Self-Raising Flour
2 oz (60gm) Butter
2 oz (60gm) Cheese, grated Use any strong, sharp cheese. Mature cheddar works very well.
For vegetarians, use vegetarian cheese.
2 Cloves Garlic, crushed As always, adjust garlic according to taste
1/2 tsp Dry Mustard Powder
1 Tbsp Cold Water Use a little more or less as needed
Salt

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As usual we recommend using organic ingredients wherever possible.


Sift the flour into a bowl. Mix in the mustard powder and the crushed garlic.
Cut the butter and slowly rub into the flour. Add a little cheese now again as you go along. Continue to combine the ingredients, adding a little cold water at the end if necessary to get a nice lump of pastry dough.

Place the pastry in the fridge to rest for 15 minutes or so. Meanwhile heat the oven to 200 C (400 F).

Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured board to form a square about 8 inches (16 cm) each side. With a sharp knife divide the pastry into eighths in each direction to give 64 small squares.

Transfer the squares to a greased baking tray, arranging the garlic bites with a little space between them. Grind a little salt across the tops.

Bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.

Transfer the garlic bites to an airtight container, they'll keep for a day or two

Answer 2

Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients

10 medium baking potates
10 whole cloves garlic, peeled
1-1/2 cups buttermilk
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Drop potatoes and garlic into a large pot of boiling water and cook until potatoes are fork tender. Drain and mash in a large bowl with buttermilk and salt and pepper. Serve. (Yes, mash the garlic in with the potatoes!)
Yield: 8 servings

Answer 3

Lemon Garlic Chicken

It uses molasses, fresh lemon juice, garlic (the more the better) and chicken cuts.

It's messy, due to the molasses, but it's deliscious. Check Cooking Light's website for the exact recipe.

You can make a Lemon-Garlic Marinade for fish or chicken (1/2 cup of olive oil, juice from 1 lemon, garlic, pepper)

Answer 4

I use garlic in just about everything I cook! They add great flavor to veggies... chicken bakes... etc

try this one

Ginger chicken

2 chicken breasts
2 T. fresh ginger (shreaded)
2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1/4 c. soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

mix ginger, garlic and soy together. S & P your chicken. Marinate chicken in mixture for a couple hours. Bake in 350 degree oven untill chicken is cooked. It's great!!!

Answer 5

Chicken Wontons

1/2 lb ground chicken
2 Tbsp minced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tsp fresh ginger, minced
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 pkg wonton wrappers, thawed
vegetable oil

In a skillet over medium heat, combine first 5 ingredients and stir cook until the chicken is no longer pink. Remove from heat and let cool.

Preheat oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put 1 tsp of ground chicken mixture in the middle of a wonton wrapper. Brush edges of wrapper with water. Fold wrapper in half to make a triangle and press edges together to seal. Brush two tips of the triangle with water and press tips together to seal. Place on parchment. Repeat with remaining filling and wrappers.

Lightly brush each wonton with oil. Bake 20-30 minutes or until wontons are golden and crisp. Serve immediately with Raspberry Szechuan Sauce for dipping. Makes about 40 wontons.

Answer 6

How about shrimp or chicken scampi, they both involve lots of garlic and butter (or cooking oil) It's very easy you heat a pan add your choice butter or the oil (butter does work best for the flavor) Heat the garlic and brown it slightly then cook the shrimp or chicken in it. Both taste great over some type of noodle like fettachene.

Answer 7

Garlic bread & Garlic chicken yum.

Answer 8

Garlic mashed potatoes

Answer 9

chop up garlic, onion and potatoes and throw in a skillert with a tad of oil. brown potatoes add lemon pepper and salt. mmm!
chop up garlic add cup of oil, half cup of sugar. 1tspeach of basil.honey,thyme,parsley,peppersageand salt. mix dump into ziplock bag with chicken. marinate a hour, pick out chicken place on med.-low grill. 15 min on each side and walla! daily garlic user.

Answer 10

I add garlic to almost any dish i normally cook. I love it. I like to slice it and saute it with some chicken, yummy.